Bartonella

Bartonella

(Bartonellosis, also known as cat scratch fever)

Bartonella are bacteria that live inside human or mammal cells. Spread by bites from infected ticks and also passed in utero. There is a couple different species. In 1992 Bartonella was first described as an emerging disease. It is also carried by cats and causes cat-scratch disease, endocarditis, and several other diseases in humans.Bartonella bacteria is carried by fleas, body lice, and ticks and can be transmitted to humans and animals. Scientists have identified several species of Bartonella. There are different strains in different countries. They have found it in Peru, Columbia, and Ecuador being carried by sand flies. Recent studes have found body lice carry it and so do dust mites. Five different Bartonella species have been detected in 19.2% of I. pacificus ticks collected in California.